The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
THE DEAD COMEDIAN.
The Last Hours and Death of John T.
Raymond at Evansville.

The Last Hours and Death of John I.
Raymond at Evansville.
speeial'tO the Sentinel.
EVANSVILLE, April 10-John t. Ray
mond died at so late an hour that the Senti-
ell correspondent bad only time to wire
q fact that he was dead. He died from
complication of bowel and heart troubles.
He came here Friday afternoon from the
South. quite i'll, and was not able to per-
form that night He was not considered in
a critical condition until u o'clock last
night, when ne commenced sinking rapid
~, became unconscious and died as stated.
His family live in New York. Members OF
Of his company were with him and did
all they could TO aid him in his ex-
tremity. 1t was known That Mr..
RAYMOND was sick, but the public had
not thought of his dying. When he
reached this city at Friday noon, he took
to bis bed, suffering from a com plication of
disessg $, ana medical aid was called and
every Thing possible done for his relief. He
SEE med 10 be improving Yesterday, and
the company had made preparations to
leave for Montreal Monday morning, but
about O'Clock last night he commenced
sinking, and shortly before o'clock this
morning passed quietly away. with no in
Gicatiops of suffering.
Mrs. Raymond, who is in New York, was
notified of her husbands death, and the
body will be embalmed and held here for
instructions. His attending physicians
were Drs. COuden and Herr, who say that
Mr.. Raymond was in a dying condition
when he reached this city, and the COM
pany were fearful he would die while
travelling. The immediate cause OF his
death was heart disease, but TIE physicians
say there was a general letting down OF the
constitution, with some tendency to con-
gestion of the stomach and bowels. Mr..
Raymond was fifty years old April l.
LATER-Mrs. Raymond, who is in New
York, was completely Frustrated when the
sad news reached her. She asked that his
medlately to New York, which re-
quest was granted. No funeral
services were held, but the body was
escorted to the depot this evening by a
large concourse of friends and sympa-
tbizers, the following well-known gentle
men acting as pall-bearers: Mr.. M.
J.. Bray, f. p. Huston, T. B. ByrRes,
}. G. Metcalf, Colonel R. NJ.
Martin, of New York, and James Gray.
Mr.. RaymOnd's life was insured for S25, 600
in New York companies, besides which he
owns the va ua6le residence in which he
lives and has also s. 600 in New York
bank.
lMr. Raymond Ess in his fifty-6rst year and
has been on the stage for more than thirty
years. FOR the lHSL twenty I'VE years ne mas
been among the most prominent members OF
his profession. He first attracted attention at
Buffalo and Boston a low comedian. and in
roles of that character he occupied an enviable
position in the stock co npany OF the Globe The
alter of the latter ". Mr.. RaymOnd's first star
ring tour was with an adaptation OF Mark
Twain and Warmers "Gilded Age" in which
he made a marvellous success as Colonel
Sellers" Had il not been for Mr..
RaymOnd's genius that famous charac-
ter would never have attained the popu-
lsTity which ii did. The vein OF humOr, es
sentially American in its exuberance and ex-
travsgance, seemed just suited To Mr.. Ray
mOnd's peculiar talents. His later successes
were in tTavesty upon american political
life, entitled For Congress- snd comedy OF
Western life, In Paradise Mr.. Raymond was
widely known and greatly admired, both o.
and off the stage, and his genera presence and
mirIh-prOvokiug sallies will be sadly missed.
Mr. RaymOnd's forte was in the delineation OF
broadly humorous characters aud he was one
of the actors now upon the stage, who thor
Oughly mastered the details OF the profession
under the old stock company system. He
owned a cottage in the Actors Colony at Long
Branch, where he spent the summer with his
vile. He was considered reasonably well sup
piled with the worlds good, although his last
two or three seasons had not been as profitable
q previous ones.